Poll: The opposition parties are in dramatic decline, Netanyahu narrows the gap with Gantz - voila! news. Smotrich recovers and rises above the blocking percentage, thus leading to a decrease of 4 mandates in the opposition bloc.
Yair Lapid and Yesh Atid party registered the lowest decrease with 2 mandates. An absolute majority of Israelis are pessimistic about the chances of reaching a hostage deal by Ramadan. Only 15% are optimistic about the issue and only 4% are sure that there will be a deal by the beginning of Ramadan.